Using 'find' reboots device

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Smiling Wolf

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Hello
I've been using palm devices for nigh on 10 years now, and my last one the Tungsten E, had this annoying habit of carcking it every time I wanted to use the search function, I simply assumed that it was a hardware problem and suffered in silence for 2 years, today I received a TX and loaded all my data on it and kick me in the head but using find on the TX causes a reboot, same problem!!
what's wrong with my files?
how can I fix it
thanks
 
What I did to get around the "Find" problem, and revolutionize the "Find" functionality, was to get "FindHack," which isn't a hack any more but a full fledge program, available here:

http://perso.orange.fr/fpillet/findhack.html

I swear by it.

Now - solution to your problem: you can instruct FindHack to seek certain "sets" of apps - I have settings for:

  • just contacts,
  • just calendar and tasks,
  • just TealDoc and MobileDB,
  • and then one for "all."

It's important to remember that "all" does include silly things such as "hotsync;" only databases I'd want searched anyway, which is around 8-10 (all the above plus a couple like Progect, for example). By starting with just "contacts," and adding different programs to it until you get the crash - you'll find the offending program.

It may seem a lot to spend for fixing a problem, but you'll gain a magnificent searching ability, only searching apps you search often that are indeed searchable. Indeed, that may be your problem right there - the TX is trying to search something that's locked or not playing nice - FindHack fixes that by only choosing YOUR apps that YOU want searched. You also get a list of common searches, saved if you wish, and the ability to use wildcards - searching (I can't remember if it's B*b or B?b) would search for Bib, Bab, Bob, Bub, . . . you get the idea. It's invaluable to me and a huge reason I would never go to PPC.

I think you'll find the purchase worthwhile as a proggie to have, and also solve your nasty crash problem by isolating the offending application. Cheers/ Pases
 
thanks a lot for that
I ended up talking palm support advice of reloading the programs one by one, and checking if it would crash so it's all sweet now, even though I don't know what program it was ( I didn't reload all the programs I had)
 
I had exactly the same problem. Turned out it was WordSmith which is a shame as it's my editor of choice! I've written to Bluenomad support who say they're aware of it... I just wish they'd release an update soon. In the meantime I'm living with the crashes...
 
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